of the Vienna Exhibition, 1873. 75 



16 tons. There was also a beetroot lifter, consisting' of teeth 

 attached to a frame. Each tooth takes two rows, and six rows 

 are taken in each journey. Fowler also had a portable engine 

 and agricultural waggons (60/. to 75/. each) for bringing peat 

 to the ploughing engine, or for carrying agricultural produce 

 generally. The largest waggon will carry 6 tons, and is on 

 four wheels ; the smaller carries 3 or 4 tons. They are furnished 

 with sides or eaves, and the one examined was rectangular, and 

 18 feet 6 inches long, by 7 feet deep. It would carry 2^ tons of 

 grain in the straw, built up as in a cart or waggon, and 2^ tons of 

 peat or manure without the sides. One side is hinged and falls 

 down like the side of a cattle-truck. The whole of the above 

 apparatus had been purchased by the Archduke Albrecht. 

 Mr. Fowler has availed himself of Head and Schernioth's patent 

 for burning straw as fuel. 



Messrs. Howard, of Bedford, also showed a four-furrow steam 

 plough, with a deep and abrupt German mould-board, and his 

 horse ploughs were constructed so as to throw over at the ends 

 as before explained (see Hungarian plough, page 64). Reapers 

 and mowers and other familiar implements were also exhibited 

 in profusion, and constituted altogether a handsome exhibition. 



The steam-plough is as yet scarcely known to the ag-ricultural 

 practice of the Empire. The Hungarian ox is so highly esteemed 

 as to remain a very formidable rival to the iron horse. The 

 shocking state of the lines of communication (for they cannot 

 be called roads) in Lower Hungary, offers another serious 

 difficulty in the way of ploughing-engines weighing 16 tons, or 

 even less. The field is extensive, level, rich, and enticing, and it 

 would have been pleasant to have seen some system brought 

 out at the International Exhibition of Vienna, combining light- 

 ness with strength, and cheapness 'with a greater adaptability 

 for other uses besides that of cultivating the land. Where 

 were our Smiths and Fiskens ? 



Messrs. Roby and Co., of Lincoln, have paid special attention 

 to the requirements of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and have 

 established works at Pestli. Their threshing-machine has the 

 following points to recommend it for hot countries, bad roads,^ 

 and unskilled labourers : — 



1. A patent iron frame. 



2. Longer sieves than are used in England. 



3. Sieves all of one size, so as to be easily changed. 



4. Corn elevartors inside the machine. 



5. Safety boards around month, to protect the feeder and his helpers. 



6. Plenty of room behind the concave to prevent choking. 



7. A simple construction, so that men can easily get at every part. 



The engines are made with large fire-boxes and boilers, for 



